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Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (29 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: It has been decided that funding to People with Disabilities in Ireland (PwDI) must cease at the end of 2011. On the basis of a value for money review, it has been clearly established that the vast majority of the money allocated to PwDI is being spent disproportionately. The largest proportion of PwDI's annual budget has been spent over the last number of years on the operation of its...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to investigate this matter as a matter of urgency and to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service issues, I have arranged for this question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (29 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy is aware, issues relating to service provision are a matter for the Health Service Executive. The HSE must operate within its budget, prioritising services as efficiently and effectively as possible. With regard to the individual mentioned by the Deputy, it remains a matter for the HSE to assess each individual's needs on a case by case basis and to assign the necessary...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 544, 545 and 546 together. The Department does not have a policy in relation to embalming. The remainder of the questions relate to service matters and as such have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (29 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (29 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: The Department is currently reviewing the provision of public residential care in the light of the need to meet national standards and regulations, local demographic pressures and public and private provision. The review will serve as a platform for discussion and will inform the development of an overall strategy on how the HSE should continue to provide this service in future in view of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I have asked the Health Service Executive to investigate this matter and to respond to the Deputy as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Seanad: Health Services (29 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, and thank the Senator for raising it. I am pleased to take the opportunity to outline the current position on the staffing of occupational therapy posts in County Clare. Under the Health Act 2004, responsibility for the management and delivery of health related services to...

Seanad: Health Services (29 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I will endeavour to find that information for the Senator. I take it from his contribution that the boy is only starting to display this behaviour. The important point is that it be dealt with as urgently as possible because allowing such behaviour to become embedded causes difficulty. I am sure his parents are very distressed at this turn of events and I hope intervention by me and the...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I am pleased to have the opportunity to respond to the Sinn Féin motion on the subject of social protection payments, particularly those relating to child income support payments, and to sum up the arguments in favour of the Government's amendment. A number of Deputies made reference to statistics released earlier by the CSO showing preliminary results of the 2010 survey on income and...

Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Financial Resolution (30 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I move: That section 125A of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (No. 31 of 1999), which imposes a stamp duty on health insurance policies issued by health insurers, be amended to the extent specified in the Act giving effect to this Resolution.

Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage (30 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The key principle upon which we meet health care costs as a society is that the young support the old, the healthy support the sick, and the better off support the less well off. Private health insurance has had a long history of contributing to the cost for individuals of health care in this country. As a result, successive Governments...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (30 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: It has been decided that funding from the Department to People with Disabilities in Ireland (PwDI) must cease at the end of 2011. On the basis of a value for money review it has been clearly established that the vast majority of the money allocated to PwDI is being spent disproportionately. The largest proportion of PwDI's annual budget has been spent over the last number of years on the...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (30 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 and 220 together. As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.